Letter about Missouri Compromise, 1820
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Joshua Cushman (1761-1834) of Winslow, a Democratic-Republican U.S. Representative, wrote a letter supporting the vote of Congress against the Missouri Compromise, which let Missouri join the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state and forbid the spread of slavery to the West.
Cushman noted that only one New England member of Congress voted for the compromise, Sen. John Holmes of Maine. His letter was intended to prevent Holmes re-election to the Senate after Maine Statehood went into effect.
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- Title: Letter about Missouri Compromise, 1820
- Creator: Cushman, Joshua
- Creation Date: 1820-12-25
- Subject Date: 1820
- Town: Winslow
- County: Kennebec
- State: ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: QJ M 326 C959
- Object Type: Text
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Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Missouri compromise
Legislators--United States
Cushman, Joshua, 1761-1834--Correspondence
Holmes, John, 1773-1843
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